Situational Awareness Matters!™

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Thank you sincerely to the program hosts, conference organizers and program attendees who have recommended my programs, consultations, coaching and other services to your friends and professional associates. I am humbled by your kind words and your referrals.

Satisfied customers making referrals has been the foundation of my success since 1992! Here is a list of programs where I will be in attendance, providing a keynote, workshop or breakout:

December 12, 20172017 Situational Awareness Matters! “Get in the Loop” Tour StopIn the blink of an eye: How quickly a firefighter can die.Jefferson County LEPC & Wintersville Fire Department
Wintersville, Ohio

December 13, 20172017 Situational Awareness Matters! “Get in the Loop” Tour StopFlawed Situational Awareness: The stealth killer of first respondersLorain Community College
Elyria, Ohio

May 10, 20182018 Situational Awareness Matters! “Get in the Loop” Tour StopFlawed Situational Awareness: The stealth killer of first responders
West Virginia Public Safety Expo
Charleston, West Virginia

July 8-12, 20182018 INTERNATIONAL Situational Awareness Matters! “Get in the Loop” Tour StopFlawed Situational Awareness: The stealth killer of first respondersInternational Congress of Sound and VibrationHiroshima, Japan

Richard B. Gasaway, PhD, EFO, CFO is widely considered to be one of the nation's leading authorities on human factors, situational awareness and the decision making processes used in high stress, high consequence work environments.

He served 33 years on the front lines as a firefighter, EMT-Paramedic, company officer, training officer and fire chief. His doctoral research included the study of cognitive neuroscience and the human factors that flaw situational awareness and impact high-risk decision making.

Dr. Gasaway has authored 6 books and his contributions on human factors have been featured and referenced in more than 400 publications.

Chief Gasaway has conducted training for NASA, the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Department of Defense and every branch of the armed forces including the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force Academy.

He has conducted situational awareness training for more than 62,000 first responders worldwide including members of the New York City Fire Department’s Incident Management Team, the fire officers associations for Los Angeles City and County Fire Departments and fire brigade members in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

For more than 20 consecutive years, he has presented at the Fire Department Instructor’s Conference, Fire-Rescue International and the University of Maryland’s National Fire Service Staff and Command School.

Saint Florian and Saint Michael the Archangel,

Please watch over all first responders, help them
maintain strong situational awareness, help them
make good decisions in times of stress and time
compression and, above all, bring them home
safely to the ones who love them.